195 The Effect of Weekend and After-Hours Surgery on Morbidity and Mortality Rates in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Authors :: Sandi Lam
David D. Gonda
Andrew Jea
Virendra R. Desai
Thomas G. Luerssen
Source :: Neurosurgery. 62:231
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2015.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION:Several studies have indicated that 30-day morbidity and mortality risk is higher among pediatric and adult patients who are admitted on the weekends. This “weekend effect” has been observed among patients admitted with and for a variety of diagnoses and procedures, respectively, includ

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Weekend effect
Adult patients
business.industry
Pediatric neurosurgery
Mortality rate
education
medicine.disease
Pulmonary embolism
Surgery
Pediatric surgery
Medicine
Neurology (clinical)
Pediatric Surgical Procedures
business
human activities

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